Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, will air in the Autumn, shortly after it debuts on US network CBS. America's answer to Sherlock is crossing the Atlantic, with Sky today announcing it has bought US series Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes.

Elementary transplants Holmes to modern-day Manhattan where the consulting detective and recovering addict helps the NYPD with their cases, aided - in a radical departure – by a female sidekick, Lucy Liu's Dr Joan Watson.

Definitely not amused! I was hoping for it to air on a Freeview channel, but realistically knew that the BBC were unlikely to pick this up when budgets are being cut and they have their own Sherlock. I just hope a region 2 DVD is made available quickly for us poor plebs without access to Sky. :-/